…then sign to be their second (or third?) string running back, right?
LaDainian Tomlinson and the Jets have reached an agreement on a two-year contract that will bring the likely Hall of Fame running back to New York.
One day after returning to his home in San Diego following a free agent recruiting visit with the Jets, the former Chargers great chose the Jets over the Vikings, who also were aggressively recruiting him.
The Jets and Tomlinson’s agent, Tom Condon, confirmed the deal Sunday night.
I thought LT would have been perfect for the Vikings, but this deal is pretty good for the Jets, too. Who knows how Leon Washington will recover from injury, and with Thomas Jones gone, Greene is going to need some help in the backfield. Tomlinson is perhaps the best receiving back since Marshall Faulk, making him perfect for the Jets as a third-down back. He’s not the LT of old – not even close – but Jets fans should be pretty happy about this.
It really is staggering how quickly these guys fall off, though. For a span of four or five years, Tomlinson was THE best running back in the league, and it’s be tough to not include him as a Top-10 all-time back once his career is over. But to see him like this, auditioning for teams just to be a backup – it’s all kind of sobering. It’s like waking up one day and finding out that Linda Lovelace choked on a Dum Dums lollipop. It hurts.
